The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
7:11 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1103
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / 0.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.80° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.33° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.